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It was out last full day in Venice, and we set out after a late breakfast to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection which is housed in a single storey palazzo in the Dorsoduro area of the city. This 18th century building was intended to reach up to 4 floors but never got beyond the ground one, hence it's name, Il Palazzo Nonfinito. It was bought by Peggy Guggenheim in 1949 as a home and she filled it with works of modern art, especially of those artists she patronised. It is a wonderful collection, housed in beautiful large and airy rooms and a good contrast to the rather stuffy churches and other museums in Venice. Here are also sculptures in the gardens and great views down the Grand Canal. As we walked down to cross the Ponte Accademia to Dorsoduro the sun was fairly high and reflecting off from the cobbles giving a remarkable warm light.

The afternoon was now drawing to a close as we walked through the Dorsuduro area to it's southernmost edge to visit the Gesuati church or Santa Maria Della Rosario, built on the site of an earlier church which had been acquired by the Dominicans in 1670. The church was consecrated in 1743. It is a bit of a wedding cake. Santa maria della Rosario From here we took the vaporetto across the broad canal to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. We had a look around the very large church and then went up the bell tower to see the sun going down across Venice. There were quite a number of people intent on the same pursuit so the bell tower was crowded making it impossible to really walk around for different views. Still we did the sunset thing (not spectacular) and then went back to the apartment to attempt to cook our food without fusing the whole place. San Giorgio Maggiore Vaporetto views Vaporetto views ...